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Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) voted today in support of the fiscal year 2013 Defense Appropriations bill, which provides $519.2 billion in regular funding and $88.5 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) for defense activities related to the Global War on Terror. The bill passed the House with broad bipartisan support by a vote of 326 to 90. Rep. Kelly issued the following statement:
Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) responded to a report by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) that Pennsylvania will be one of the hardest hit states once the more than $500 billion in defense budget cuts take place in January 2013.
“I would have liked to have seen with this money that, instead of going to Shanghai, [it] go to the Shenango Valley where Wheatland Tube is, a company that’s in the district that I represent. They are doing an awful lot. They have a lot of people working and I’m talking about red, white and blue jobs right now in Western Pennsylvania that are being held up and not being looked at the same as some of these other projects.
Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on his vote today in support of the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2012, which requires the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of strategic and critical minerals and mineral materials. These minerals include rare earth elements that are used in the manufacturing of jet engines, aircraft armored vehicles, night-vision goggles, and other equipment essential to our national security.
Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on his vote today to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act:
“When President Obama was selling his health care law to the American people, he repeatedly said that it wasn’t a tax, that it would lower health care costs, and that people could keep their current insurance if they liked it. Those assurances turned out to be nothing but empty promises.
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Representative Mike Kelly Issues Statement on June Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on the June jobs report released this morning, which showed that the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent:
Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, regarding the Administration’s decision to join the negotiations for the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which open today in New York. The letter, which was co-signed by 130 members of the House, expresses Rep. Kelly’s concerns that the U.N.’s actions to date indicate that the ATT is likely to pose significant threats to our national security, foreign policy, and economic interests as well as our constitutional rights.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) voted today to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious, the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) failed gun-running program that has been linked to deaths in both Mexico and the United States, including the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The criminal contempt resolution passed with bipartisan support by a vote of 255-67.
Rep. Kelly issued the following statement:
Washington, DC —U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the president’s health care law:
“Today, the United States Supreme Court spoke. On November 6, the American people will have their chance to speak.
